THE PULSE GUIDE TO REOPENING
Keeping You and Your Equipment Safe
BY
JAMISON
STOIKE
PPE is critical to keep your team and your guests safe, but it’s just one piece of the puzzle.
Keeping your equipment sanitary is essential to maintaining a safe spa environment and
assuaging the fears of spa-goers, many of whom will spend an hour or more in contact
with a piece of equipment.
FORTUNATELY, MANY OF THE SPA INDUSTRY’S major
equipment manufacturers have stepped up to provide new
products designed to meet more stringent standards for
safety, and are offering their guidance on keeping equipment
sanitized. There are a few basics to keep in mind
when sanitizing equipment, as recommended by the CDC
and ISPA:
l Wear gloves while cleaning and disinfecting.
l Use EPA-registered disinfectant to clean hard, non-porous
surfaces.
l Use soap and water to clean soft surfaces, such as rugs
or soft furniture.
l Launder all linens and terry according to manufacturer
instructions.
Erica Coble, vice president of sales for Living Earth
Crafts, recommends disinfecting the treatment table and
face cradle after every treatment using an EPA-registered
disinfectant, in addition to the expected change of linens.
If you’re unsure of how to best sanitize your tables, reach
out to your equipment manufacturer—they’ll know what
to do. LEMI GROUP has put together a “Sani Spa Tool-Kit”
that outlines best practices for sanitizing equipment and
the information is available to all spas, including those
who are not existing LEMI clients.
LEMI GROUP developed
a rolling spa shield.
Both Living Earth Crafts and LEMI have developed new
products and altered existing ones to better fit a post-
COVID-19 world. Living Earth Crafts has redesigned its upholstered
table covers to fit more snugly. Stools and
bolsters can be improved with the water- and chemical-resistant
covers of its Dura line, which are easily sanitized.
Most prominently, Living Earth Crafts has launched a
“Safe-Guard Treatment Shield” to create a physical barrier
between the service provider and the guest during a treatment.
The shield is compatible with “most any U.S.-manufactured
spa table,” according to Coble.
Likewise, LEMI has developed a rolling “Spa Shield”
that is compatible with virtually any table, says Alex Theofanous,
vice president of sales – Americas. LEMI created
the product in response to spa operators who commented
that performing facials safely will now be challenging; the
Spa Shield will “allow the operator to comfortably perform
all facial treatments with the comfort and confidence
that there is a true, real barrier to protect both the
guest and the provider,” Theofanous adds.
This is a time when equipment manufacturers are listening
keenly to the input of spas and working quickly to
build newer, easily-sanitized equipment. If your spa needs
guidance on keeping equipment safe, is looking for new
equipment or a modification for existing equipment, try
contacting your supplier or manufacturer—they’ll likely do
their best to help. n
Living Earth Crafts’
“Safe-Guard
Treatment Shield.”
JULY 2020 ■ PULSE 23